●Targets over 1.5m votes for Tinubu
The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, led by its Grand Patron, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has intensified its grassroots mobilisation for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, deploying 25 campaign vehicles in Cross River State.
The vehicles, alongside other campaign materials, were distributed on Monday evening during the inauguration of the movement’s state structure in Calabar.
The deployment is aimed at strengthening grassroots engagement and taking the campaign to wards, polling units and communities ahead of the 2027 general elections.
At the inauguration, the Cross River State Government pledged to mobilise at least 1.5 million votes for Tinubu’s re-election.
Governor Bassey Otu, represented by his deputy, Dr Peter Odey, said the state was committed to supporting the president in appreciation of developments recorded under his administration. He listed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, increased federal allocations, improved infrastructure and regular salary payments.
Otu, who described support for Tinubu as beneficial to Cross River, said the president’s re-election would also advance the state’s ambition of regaining its oil-producing status and actualising the Bakassi Deep Sea Port, which he said Tinubu would commission on 13 November 2026.
He noted that the logistics support provided by the movement had raised the state’s projected contribution from one million to 1.5 million votes.
Speaking through the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services, Chief Kestin Ebimorbowei Pondi, Tompolo urged Cross Riverians to vote for Tinubu and other APC candidates. He likened the ongoing economic reforms to planting and harvesting, which require patience before yielding results.
He cited the removal of fuel queues, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, and increased federal allocations as developments that should be sustained through continuity.
Tompolo also commended the Cross River Government for its development efforts, noting that the increased resources available to states had supported infrastructure delivery.
He assured the state of the movement’s continued backing, saying the donated vehicles would strengthen its campaign capacity and help improve its mobilisation targets.
The National Coordinator of the movement, Comrade Sunday Adekanbi Asuku, called on Nigerians to support the president, citing the student loan scheme and local government autonomy among the initiatives of the administration. He said continuity and consolidation of ongoing reforms were necessary, and urged eligible voters to make their voices count through their Permanent Voter Cards.
The Cross River APC chairman, Sony Etta, expressed confidence in the party’s prospects ahead of the 2027 elections. He said Cross River would use the election to demonstrate appreciation for the president’s contributions to the state.
The inauguration attracted prominent political figures, including Deputy Governor Peter Odey, who represented the governor, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, and other APC leaders and stakeholders.
Fred Itua, PhD
Group Politics Editor,
The Sun Newspaper,
Nigeria.
+2348036983211
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